Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-05
new ENGLAND NEWS.

All the work done at the point on the
Fitchburg road where the bridge was carried
off was swept away, with about 20 additional
feet of embankment at the Greenfield end; the
break being caused by undermining from the
river.
The Boston Chamber of Commeree has for
warded a memorial to the Interstate Conf
mefce commission setting forth unjust de-
termination in freight charges to the ad-
vantage of New York.
Four girls were drowned at North BiIleri-
ca, Mass, while bathing
A deputy sheriff, resident In Orange, Mass,
brought TO the Charlestown state prison
taines EASTMAN, in escaped convict; whom
be had arrested in Ossipee, N. H. Eastman
was an inmate of the state prison when it
was located at Concord, having been SEN
fenced from Lowell for term of seven years
for burglary He had served about three
years when, being at work with gang
of prisoners outside the walls, he
eluded the vigilance of the officer in
charge and escaped. This was about three
years ago. The fugitive, however, learned
that an officer was in search of him and left.
few days ago he returned, only to fall into
the hands of the law. The convict is now
locked up in a sell in the state prison and he
will have to serve out the remainder of his
unexpired sentence, and will probably receive
an additional sentence for escaping The
warden says, now that Eastman has been
captured, there Is not a convict at large who
has escaped from the state prison during the
past 10 years.
Gardiner, Me-, has established new "local"
time clock. When the city clock was set on
standard time in compliance with the law
passed by the last legislature a few dis
gruntled citizens started a subscription paper
for the purpose of establishing a new clock to
be placed in the Methodist Church belfry and
run on local time. 1t being now completed,
it is proposed to add to the existing confusion
of bells and whistles by ringing the church
bell morning, noon and night on this time.
The Old Colony railroad station in Brain
tree, Mass, was burned on the Both ult.
The Springfield and New London railroad
has been sold to the New England road.
A reservoir gave way in Amherst, Mass.
causing considerable damage.
The Rockland cafe and adjoining buildings
on Nantasket Beach were destroyed by fire
Saturday. Hotel Nantasket was somewhat
damaged. Total loss, S35,000
Two men were frightfully injured by a
blasting accident on the Canadian Pacific
railway line in Maine
Mrs. Harvey Fletcher of Lowell, Vt, was
killed in her bed by a thunderbolt; her hus-
band was parqlyzed
The railroad commissioners have finished
their inspection of the Old Colony railroad.
District 30, K. of L., has appointed a COM
mittee of three women to consider the matter
of matrons in police stations in Bos-
ton, and why they have not been provided
according to the law recently enacted.
John A. Andrew post Is, G. A. R., re-
ceived from Richmond, Va, box which
contained a miniature cannon mounted
upon its carriage and with every detail of
equipments and construction of the most
complete description and made from the
wood of Libby and Andersonville prisons.
1t is designed for ballot box.
]. L. Gordon, engineer of the Concord
railroad, who on the 9TH of July jumped
from his engine and warned heavily loaded
passenger express train in time to stop it
from running into one of the freight cars on
his own train, which had been wrecked, was
presented with a costly and elegant gold
watch and chain by the superintendent.
A storehouse at Bangor, Me-, was crushed
by the weight of the merchandise contained.
The fishing schooner Monmouth of Glouces-
ter, Mass, was run down by British brig
and sunk III the bay during fog. No lives
lost
Steamers Philadelphia and What Cheer,
whose recent collision has just been investi-
gated by the steamboat inspectors, were again
in collision near River View wharf. No one
was hurt and no damage was done.